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1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Personalising psychosocial interventions in individual needs and context / Esme Moniz-Cook and Jill Manthorpe -- What do we tell people with dementia about their diagnosis and how do we tell them? / Hilary J. Husband -- Timely psychosocial interventions in a memory clinic / Esme Moniz-Cook [and others] -- Working with memory problems : cognitive rehabilitation in early dementia / Linda Clare -- Cognitive stimulation for people with mild cognitive impairment and early dementia / Inge Cantegreil-Kallen, Jocelyne de Rotrou and Anne-Sophie Rigaud -- GRADIOR : a personalised computer-based cognitive training programme for early intervention in dementia / Manuel Franco [and others] -- Memory groups for people with early dementia / Molly Burnham -- Health technologies for people with early dementia : the ENABLE project / Suzanne Cahill, Emer Begley and Inger Hagen -- Group psychotherapy for people with early dementia / Richard Cheston -- Art therapy : getting in touch with inner self and outside world / Steffi Urbas -- A host of golden memories : individual and couples group reminiscence / Irene Carr, Karen Jarvis and Esme Moniz-Cook -- Developing group support for men with mild cognitive difficulties and early dementia / Jill Manthorpe and Esme Moniz-Cook -- Group psycho-educational intervention for family carers / Rabih Chattat, Marie Gianelli and Giancarlo Savorani -- The meeting centres support programme / Rose-Marie Dröes [and others] -- Personalised disease management for people with dementia : the primary carer support programme / Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Maud Graff and Marcel Olde Rikkert -- Carer interventions in the voluntary sector / Georgina Charlesworth [and others]. |
| Summary |
For the increasing number of people diagnosed with dementia each year, treatment in the early stages can make a significant difference to their quality of life. This book provides examples of psychosocial interventions: taking into consideration the individual, social and environmental aspects of the person's life. It looks at ways of providing support at the time of diagnosis and goes on to explore a variety of interventions and services for the treatment of early dementia. Bringing together the knowledge and experiences of professionals from both the UK and Europe, the contributors describe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dementia -- Patients -- Care -- Europe.
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Dementia -- Patients -- Care. |
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Europe. |
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Evidence-based medicine -- Europe.
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Evidence-based medicine. |
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Dementia -- psychology. |
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Evidence-Based Medicine. |
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Psychotherapy -- methods. |
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Europe. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Moniz-Cook, Esme.
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Manthorpe, Jill, 1955-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Early psychosocial interventions in dementia. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009 9781843106838 (DLC) 2008024649 (OCoLC)231787224 |
| ISBN |
1846428653 (electronic book) |
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9781846428654 (electronic book) |
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9781843106838 |
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1843106833 |
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